Thursday, 24 September 2009

Today's 'WTF?!?' Story...

South Yorkshire Police apparently have enough time on their hands to wander the streets, peeking in car windows and, if there are any items on display, doing this:

If any items are on show, the officer will record it, along with the car registration number, to help identify the car owner. Using the DVLA’s MOT database, they will then be able to find out who are the car’s insurers.

The forms will then be sent out to insurance companies – which will either lead to people’s premiums rocketing or their policies being cancelled.

13 comments:

the Police cannot catch or when they do the CPS and the Judiciary will not punish offenders. So per this government agenga you 'criminalise' the innocent and make it their fault if a car is broken into and not the scrotes. People will stop leaving things in cars and 'hey presto' no more car crime. Nothing about the fact that it's actually wrong to break into cars, you're just encouraging them expecting people to have a moral sense.

much like the old rape adage of 'she was asking for it' .this will become the new rallying cry from the Police, courts and government. Got smashed in the face? Well you know the streets aren't safe. why did you go out? you were asking for it to happen.

And the Lib Dems want 10,000 more police on the streets! 10,000 more coppers doing things like this, trying to arrest people for having a camera, generally harassing people and nicking others for the most trivial of reasons just so they can reach their targets.

I want fewer police on the streets until someone gets hold of them and explains what their job actually is.

Why would anyone want to break in and steal my collection of grotty tissues, broken sunglasses, out-of-date roadmaps and pay'n'display tickets, which aren't likely to come in useful, although they do sometimes say on the back: "£5 off when you visit the optician".

Alternatively, if they DO break in and steal that lot, they should definitely take advantage of the special offer.